The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-11
WHY MEN SHOULDBE BETTER
Rev. DR.. Courtney's Appeals to Sinners
at Yesterdays Mission Meetings.
Regarding the Care of Children-Inter-
esting Services Last Evening.

DR.. Courtneys sermon yesterday morning
vac from the text Have your feet shod with
the preparation of the gospel Of peace" He
said the good soldier of Christ must be shoo
with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
Nobody can work out his own peace You can
: have Christ NOT because you deserve Him, but
because you need Him. The devil will do all
he can to interfere with your peace. but the
Word assures ..rtou shall keep him in perfect
peace whose mind is stayed on Thee" God
never brings sins to remembrance for any
other purpose but to show how dreadful they
are.
The meeting at noon at the Criminal Court
room brought together about hundred and
seyenty-fve mer-wholesale merchants. me-
ehanics, professional men, laborers and business
men generally. DR.. Courtney took as his text:
II beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the
merees of God, that ye present your bodies
living sacrifice holy. acceptable unto God. which
is your reasonable service'-Romans xi. /. He
showed that the law of the Roman was force.
often brutal force Such people would be hard
to move by the apparently unreal message of the
gospel. Yet they were moved by it and softened
by its influences that in writing to them St.
Paul does not call upon them by the power of
ihe mind by possibilities of their own
strength, or greatness. or achievements but by
the mercies of God. AS to sacrifice. he held
sacrifice must be perfect, and must Ne at some
cost OF self-denial Man, although richly en-
dowed with reason, instead of Instinct, is often
: lower in his taste and weaker in his Judgment
than the lower animals. The speaker appealed
to his bearers to use their powers only for the
purposes for which God has given them.
The Doctor then talked upon the prevailing sins
Of the day, discourse such probably the
men OF this city have never heard before. He
sailed upon them. for the sake of their man
hood. to realize their sonship with God, and put
away from them every impure word, thought
and act
At 4 o'clock Dr. Courtney spoke to mothers
his congregation being largely composed of
mothers and heads of families The service WAS
read by DR. E. A. Bradley Quite a number of
persons from outside the city were present, hav-
ing come to study the work of the missioner.
DIR. Courtney's text was Exodus ii, 8: take
this child away and nurse it for me. and 1 will
give thee thy wages These words can be sup
posed to be said when children are taken to holy
baptism and received back again from Gods
minister. The words are spoken if our chill
dren are not our own, but loaned to US from
God.
Ours they are to nurture, to educate and to
rear. do not, beg of you" said the preacher
DELEGATE the spiritual nor the physical educa-
ton or your child to others. Teach your children
texts, hymns and collects. Teach your children
to make real prayer, not careless % Lord
bless ybody, but prayer with an under
standing. true spiritual prayer. Also teach
them ejaculatory prayer. There is nothing to
keep the mother from gathering the children to
family prayer when the father is away can
not be there. Be careful the children come to
public worship; never be satisfied to let your
children 60 to Sunday-schoo instead of church.
The Sunday school has been allowed to do
ineaculaole harm in taking children from
the stated services of the church.
Children be taught to cit still in church the
same as they are taught at home Be glad
yourAsS when you go into the house OF the
Lord and your children will catch the infection
from you Otherwise. the ehildrsn will catch
the spirit of the mother if she excuses herself
from going to church with every little impedi
ment, such rain, or heat, cold. The char
acter OF the child is imprinted in the sweet, soft
wax of the mothers heart SO have them con-
tinually 10 your heart in prayer. and will give
thee thy wages The biggest trust He can give
to your care, for good or for bad, for purity or
Tor sin. for heaven or for hell. is the child He
gives to your care. o. you will say, I cannot
take such trust But He will give you freely
of his strength and wisdom to administer it,"
His sermon last evening was upon the text,
''Son be of good cheer. thy sins be forgiven
thee" Matthew tx, 2 The speaker said there
are three elements of forgiveness-the need, the
means and the effect No man lives by himself
One may gather handful of sand on the sea-
shore, and, letting it run through his hand. the
grains remain separa ate, each falls by itself. Man
is never alone. but always sustains relations to
his fellow men and to God. These relations are
parental family, social, civil and religious. You
may ignore them, but the fact remains. In each
relation there is a privilege and duty. If a
man ignores them he ia hermit. These rela-
tons are rightful and natural, and any action
which violates them needs forgiveness and the
more important the relation the mere urgent the
need. Every transgression needs forgiveness,
End remains transgression until forgiven and
remains so with God through all eternity
unless forgiven. 1t is as fresh with
God as upon the day it was committed.
The only thing that Ecan FREQ rs from the need
of forgiveness is annhilation AS to the means
Of forgiveness. only the authority sinned agans,
can forgive, but that authority may be dele
gated. In civil relations the judge. the Gov
ernor, the President has the delegated authority
OF the people to exercise this power. God has
delegated this power, and Jesus Christ used
the word which, translated correctly from the
Greek, means delegated authority IN speaking
of his power to forgive sinners, and the apostles
the ministers OF Christ, have the same power L
pronounce to those who truly repent that the
sins RENTED. In forgiveness there must b.
three condtions-repentance, acknowledgment
and q forgiving spirit The minister spoke q
length of the effect OF forgiveness as consisting
of peace. gratitude and service and ended hi
sermon with an appeal to all to enter into tn
service; to join in it the heart and intellect, tn
love and understanding.
The mission services will continue until Nor
day.
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